PORTAGE – A delegation from the China Environment Forum toured the region Tuesday. They were hosted by the Northwest Indiana Forum, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission and the Indiana Wildlife Federation. The delegation took a boat tour of the Like Michigan shoreline and participated in discussions on regional environmental challenges, collaboration and water […]
HAMMOND – A sinkhole near Gavit High School may have been caused by a small puncture in a BP pipeline that apparently is leaking into a sewer at 175th and White Oak. According to a report by WJOB radio, Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller said residents reported smelling gas in the area for the past few
SOUTH BEND – Nemec Supply Co. has opened a northwest location in South Bend that will serve northern Indiana and southwest Michigan with commercial roofing and sheet metal products. Nemec Supply, which opened in 1941, is based in Indianapolis. Greg Pink and Anneliese Woolford of CB Richard Ellis/Brady in South Bend, and Tony
HAMMOND – The Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network and the Indiana National Guard are partnering to host a series of programs around the state where home owners can speak with a counselor in order to work with lenders on their home mortgages. The workshops are free and will be held from 3 p.m. to
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana CPA Society will hold a Fraud Conference Thursday, Aug. 26, at the Marriott East in Indianapolis. The conference will examine fraud in the current economic conditions, look at investigative resources and learn how to protect their clients, organization and self. Speakers are Tracy Coenen of Sequence Inc., and Ransom McClung
VALPARAISO – WorkOne will present the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board’s 2010 State of the Workforce Report starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 at Strongbow Inn, 2405 E. U.S. 30, Valparaiso. The report will highlight industries that are surviving and those that are reinventing themselves. Workforce development experts will talk about the skills
SCHERERVILLE – Prime Real Estate will hold its fifth anniversary celebration with an open house starting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 738 E. U.S. 30. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. For more information, call (219) 322-9009.
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet’s mechatronics engineering technology program has received a $613,862 grant from the National Science Foundation. Purdue Calumet is working in partnership with College of DuPage in Illinois and Ivy Tech Community College, along with the packing industry to develop new methods of packaging. The mechatronics engineering technology program
Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly is looking for the region’s leading CEOs and chief financial officers. Our readers are knowledgeable and experienced members of one of the nation’s most productive business regions, so we’re turning to you for input into answer that question. Nominees should hold their position at a company based or conducting business in the
Disputes arise in every type of business—big or small, new or established. Disputes can develop between a business owner and employee or with an independent contractor. And litigation is always costly. For instance, a dispute could arise over Internet use at work, about what’s being posted and how that might affect a business’s reputation. How
